Dr. MNM. Farhath

Cinque Terre

Senior Lecturer, Gr II in Chemistry
Dept. of Chemical Sciences
Faculty of Applied Sciences

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Basic Information

Dr. MNM. FARHATH

Designation Senior Lecturer, Gr II in Chemistry
Department / Unit Dept. of Chemical Sciences
Faculty Faculty of Applied Sciences
Mobile No. 075 075 7000
Email mmohamed@seu.ac.lk

Qualifications

  • B.Sc. (Hons.) (UoC)
  • Ph.D (KSU)

Positions Held

  • Head, Department of Chemical Sciences (2022 - To date).
  • Director for Science Research Centre (2022).
  • Students’ counselor (2022).
  • Coordinator for English subject at FAS (2021).
  • Students’ counselor (2021).
  • Member of board of studying for post graduate unit (2021).
  • Member of research management committee (2021).
  • Member of curriculum revision committee (2020).
  • Students’ counselor (2020).
  • Senior Lecturer Gr. II in Chemistry, Department of Chemical Sciences (2019 - To date).
  • Coordinator of the AHEAD project of SEUSL (2019).
  • Lecturer in Chemistry, Department of Chemical Sciences (2017 - 2019).
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard University (2016 - 2017).
  • Teaching Assistant, KSU, USA (2010 - 2016).
  • Demonstrator, UoC (2008 - 2009).

Teaching Areas

  • Teaching various chemistry and molecular biology courses

Research Interest

  • Identifying non-coding RNAs (lncRNA, miRNA and circRNA) which overexpress in Glioblastoma Stem-like Cells.
  • Examining how non-coding RNAs (lncRNA, miRNA and circRNA) regulates the gene expression and their downstream effect on maintenance of Glioblastoma Stem-like Cells.
  • Exploring different chemical methodologies to remove allergic nature of Natural Rubber Latex (NRL).

Editorial Works

  • Member of editorial board for university Newsletter (2021).
  • Invited reviewer for university research grant, SEUSL (2021).
  • Member of editorial board for FAS Newsletter (2021).
  • Invited reviewer for 8th Annual Science research sessions 2017, SEUSL (2020).
  • Member of editorial board for 9th Annual Science research sessions, SEUSL (2020).
  • Member of editorial board for FAS Newsletter (2020).
  • Invited reviewer for 8th Annual Science research sessions 2017, SEUSL (2019).
  • Member of editorial board for 7th Annual Science research sessions 2017, SEUSL (2018).
  • Member of faculty proposal writing committee of SEUSL for AHEAD project (2018).
  • Invited reviewer for 6th Annual Science research sessions 2017, SEUSL (2017).
  • Invited reviewer for University research grant, SEUSL (2017).

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLES
  • G. D. M. H. Wijewardhana, M. S. Kandanapitiye, M. N. M. Farhath., Synthesis of BiOI nanoparticles toward potential contrast applications. Journal of Science, 39-43, 2021.
  • Nathan Beals, Mohamed M.Farhath, Prakash Kharel, Brintha Croos, Thulasi Mahendran, John Johnson, Soumitra Basu., Rationally designed DNA therapeutics can modulate human tyrosine hydroxylase expression by controlling specific G-quadruplex formation in its promoter. Molecular Therapy, 2021, doi: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2021.05.013
  • Jakub Godlewski, Mohamed Farhath, Franz L. Ricklefs, Carmela Passaro, Klaudia Kiel, Hiroshi Nakashima, E. Antonio Chiocca and Agnieszka Bronisz. Oncolytic Virus Therapy Alters the Secretome of Targeted Glioblastoma Cells. Cancers, 13(6), 1287, 2021.
  • Golam Mustafa, Cho-Ying Chuang, William A. Roy, Mohamed M. Farhath, Nilisha Pokhrel, Yue Ma, Kazuo Nagasawa, Edwin Antony, Matthew J. Comstock, Soumitra Basu, Hamza Balci. A Force Sensor that Converts Fluorescence Signal into Force Measurement Utilizing Short Looped DNA. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 121, 34-40, 2018.
  • Dassanayake, R. S.; Mohamed M.Farhath, Brasch, N. E. Kinetic Studies on the Reaction of Cob(II)alamin with the Reactive Oxygen Species Hypochlorous Acid: Evidence for efficient scavenging of HOCl by cob(II) alamin. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 163, 81-87, 2016.
  • Mohamed M. Farhath, Matthew Thompson, Sujay Ray, Abby Sewell, Hamza Balci, Soumitra Basu. G-Quadruplex-Enabling Sequence within the Human Tyrosine Hydroxylase Promoter Differentially Regulates Transcription. Biochemistry, 54(36): 5533–5545, 2015.
ABSTRACT PUBLICATIONS
  • Perera M. D. R., Paranavithana T. M., Rizvi E. M. J. M., Farhath, M. N. M., Ratnayake R. R., Soil organic carbon dynamics & relationships with nutrient availability and physico – chemical parameters of paddy soil in Batticaloa district, Sri Lanka. ASRS 2020, ISBN 978-955-627-250-5, (2020).
  • Mohamed M. Farhath, S. Karunarathna, Dhammike P. Dissanayake. Prediction of mechanism of bromination for α-methylstyrene using ab-initio quantum mechanical method. SLAAS, (2007).
  • Golam Mustafa, Cho-Ying Chuang, William A. Roy, Mohamed M. Farhath, Nilisha Pokhrel, Yue Ma, Kazuo Nagasawa, Edwin Antony, Matthew J. Comstock, Soumitra Basu, Hamza Balci. Biophysical Journal 116(3):442a (2019).

Fellowships, Awards, Distinctions

  • Senate honours award for high impact publication (2021).
  • Best poster in SAACS poster session 2014, Kent State University (2015).
  • Best poster in SAACS poster session 2013, Kent State University (2014).